File this Joseph Losey oddity alongside Barbarella, Danger: Diabolik and Roman Coppola's CQ. If you don't think Monica Vitti can be sexy and funny, think again -- she is in this trippy/moddy/swinging/campy/harmless little flick!

And if I'm not mistaken, this is one of our very own Mr. Hare's guilty pleasures...! I can't blame him, really. What other film gives you a duet between Vitti and Terence Stamp? With Dirk Bogarde as an evil Mastermind with a white wig on? You get the picture. It's that kind of movie. Some clever cinematography throughout, though.

I do like this movie - the material is prime camp (NOT my favorite genre) but it's clothed and worn so well by Vitti and Dirk (and Rosella Falk and Stamp) that it all becomes very stylish. And the print is eye-popping!

I'm over the moon about this one. In fact it's my very favorite Losey. Saw it when it came out and couldn't believe it! Dirk Bogarde gives, without question, the gayest performance of all time. He discovers a level of camp few knew existed.

The shooting was quite hectic and neither Vitti (who called Antonioni every day) nor Stamp enjoyed themselves very much. But you can't tell that from the film, especially in the sequence where they sing a duet while tooling around Mount Etna in a sports car.